I would be most grateful if you would distribute this
announcement for the 2001 International MultiConference
to your colleagues who might be interested. This will
be a major international gathering in year 2001.
It is anticipated that this international event will
attract about 1500 participants. This MultiConference
is composed of eight (planned and more will likely be
added) international conferences that will be held
simultaneously (same dates and location). Attendees will
have full access to all eight conferences. You are invited
to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a proposal
to organize a technical session. All accepted papers will be
published in the respective conference proceedings.
THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS
ASSOCIATE EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
(contact hra@cs.uga.edu if you would like to propose
international workshops to be held simultaneously with the
above conferences.)

Please regard this announcement as General Guidelines. You
are encouraged to refer to individual conference URLs
for specifics (for example, some conference's deadlines,
number of pages to be submitted, addresses to which the
submissions should be sent, ..., might slightly be different
from what is being stated in this announcement. In any
case, if you are not sure where to send your submissions,
send it to the MultiConference Contact whose address
appears below.)

Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies
of their draft paper (about 5 pages long) to H. R. Arabnia
(address is given below) by the due date (who will then be
forwarding the papers to respective conference chairs).
E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. The length
of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to
7 pages. Papers must not have been previously published
or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.

The first page of the draft paper should include:
title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address,
E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for
each author. The first page should also include the
name of the author who will be presenting the paper
(if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Also state
the name of the conference you would like your paper
to be considered for.

PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:

Each technical session will have at least 6 paper
presentations. The session chairs will be responsible
for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting
papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session
chairs will appear as Associate Editors on the cover of
the conference proceedings. After the conference, some
sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate
journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as
the Guest Editor of the journal.

Proposals to organize technical sessions should include
the following information: name and address (+ E-mail)
of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of
the topic of the session, and a short description on
how the session will be advertised (in most cases,
session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and
researchers whose work is known to the session proposer).
Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given
below); E-mail submissions are preferred.

Contact H. R. Arabnia, if you would like to organize
international workshops.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance,
clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by
two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready
papers will be reviewed by one person.

PUBLICATION:

The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA
Press (ISBN) in hardcopy. The proceedings will be
available at the conferences site. Some accepted papers
will also be considered for journal publication (soon
after the conferences). (In addition to the hardcopy,
it is also planned to publish the papers on a CD.)

ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS:

A number of university faculty members and their staff
in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference
Division, Las Vegas ), will be organizing the conferences.
The conferences will be co-sponsored by Computer Science
Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA
Federal EIN # 58-2171953) together with research centers,
international associations, international research groups,
and developers of high-performance machines and systems.
The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be
available at a later time.
(Previous conferences' sponsors included: CSREA,
the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the
Environment - DOE, The International Association for
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The International
Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance
Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering
Society, Sundance Digitial Signal Processing Inc., the
Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech., ...)

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort
hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel
with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms.
The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free
shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many
vacation and recreational attractions, including:
waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning
decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades,
lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment,
whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms,
nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants,
shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are
open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and
children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference
attendees is very reasonable (79USD + tax) per night (no
extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of
the conference.

The hotel is within walking distance from most other
Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational
destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street
shows, ...).
For the benefit of our international colleagues: the
state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California,
Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a
few driving hours away from other major cities, including:
Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, ...

EXHIBITION:

An exhibition is planned for the duration of the conferences.
We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties
should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below).
All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors
of the conferences.

Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted
as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be
presented at the conference.

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The Program Committees are currently being formed. Those
interested in joining the Program Committees should email
H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information:
Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address,
email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography
together with research interests.

OTHER INFORMATION:

It is planned to add other related conferences and
workshops to be held simultaneously (same location and
dates). Each conference will have it's own proceedings and
technical/research sessions.

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